两家关注中国市场的新闻博客表示，中国（世界第一大手机市场）第二大运营商中国联通（China Unicom）已通过政府审批，将于本月开始发售iPhone 4S。（新闻链接见此，链接1、链接2）。

    不过，一位未透露姓名的中国联通“内部人士”向新浪科技（Sina Tech）透露，该审批针对的是iPhone 4，与iPhone 4S并没有关系。（链接见此）

    大中华区——包括香港、中国大陆和台湾是苹果（Apple）增长最快的市场。自2010年以来，这个地区得销售额增幅已达270%。这在很大程度上得益于中国不断壮大的中产阶级，他们对iPhone的需求似乎不可遏制。

    上个月，苹果开始在香港预售iPhone 4S，不过所有产品在10分钟内被一扫而空（链接见此）。一周后，iPhone 4S开始正式销售，为了维持排队秩序，甚至出动了防暴警察。无数黄牛将iPhone 4S扫荡一空，然后转手在内地市场高价出售。

    译者：项航

    China Unicom (CHU), the second largest carrier in the world's largest mobile phone market, received a government permit this week to begin selling the iPhone 4S on mainland China this month, according to two Chinese-based news outlets (see here and here).

    However a third source, citing a report by unnamed China Unicom "insiders" to Sina Tech, says the permit issued was for the iPhone 4, not the 4S. See here.

    Greater China -- which Apple (AAPL) defines as Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan -- is the company's fastest-growing market, with sales up 270% since 2010, thanks in large part to the seemingly unquenchable appetite for iPhones among China's growing middle class.

    When Apple began taking pre-orders the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong last month, they sold out in 10 minutes (see here). A week later, when the phone went on sale, riot police had to be called in to control the line-cutters and scalpers snapping up iPhones for re-sale at steep mark-ups on the mainland.